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Introduction: a tale of two hearings
From "highly unreliable" to "patriotic and prompt": scientists confront the national security state, 1945/1957
Linus Pauling's "science of morality": challenging nuclear weapons, 1950/1963
Edward Teller's flexible response: defending nuclear weapons, 1954/1963
"Crucified on a cross of atoms": scientists and the Test Ban Treaty, 1957/1963
To "sail before the wind of time": scientists and disarmament after the Test Ban Treaty, 1963/1972
The dilemmas of Herbert York: opposition in the mainstream, 1952/1981
"An elaborate way of committing national suicide": Carl Sagan and nuclear winter, 1980/1989
"An emotional grassroots offensive": scientists, SDI, and the moral challenge to nuclear weapons, 1980/1991
Conclusion: the future of nuclear weapons.
From "highly unreliable" to "patriotic and prompt": scientists confront the national security state, 1945/1957
Linus Pauling's "science of morality": challenging nuclear weapons, 1950/1963
Edward Teller's flexible response: defending nuclear weapons, 1954/1963
"Crucified on a cross of atoms": scientists and the Test Ban Treaty, 1957/1963
To "sail before the wind of time": scientists and disarmament after the Test Ban Treaty, 1963/1972
The dilemmas of Herbert York: opposition in the mainstream, 1952/1981
"An elaborate way of committing national suicide": Carl Sagan and nuclear winter, 1980/1989
"An emotional grassroots offensive": scientists, SDI, and the moral challenge to nuclear weapons, 1980/1991
Conclusion: the future of nuclear weapons.